Description
You are a forward thinking, strategic procurement leader who has a passion for category management, sourcing suppliers, contract negotiations, implementing and analyzing metrics, managing supplier partnerships on a national level and performance improvement. You will play a critical role in partnering with our Wood Products and Timberlands businesses with initiatives, by executing the best procurement strategy. You are a leader who can influence indirect teams and other stakeholders to maximize procurement performance and minimize costs.
In this role, your primary responsibility will be to identify, plan, develop, and execute structured spend category strategies aligned to the Procurement Roadmap and business requirements. To be successful in this role, you will build relationships with key stakeholders, communicate and partner with all levels of the organization. You will need to be involved with and understand our current demand and replenishment practices. It is also expected that you will be well informed of changes in our industry that may impact our operational costs, customers, and products.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Manage multimillion spend categories primarily related to (but not limited to): Maintenance, repair & operations (MRO) (power transmission, bearings, belts, electric motors, conveyor chains, gear boxes, cylinders, etc.), Mobile Equipment, respective spare parts, and associated reliability initiatives (forklifts, log-stackers, wheel loaders, engines, transmissions, grapples, chargers, battery packs, tires, etc.), various small Capital Projects, and other assigned categories. Including:
• Solicit RFx and conduct sourcing events
• Draft contracts in support of business requirements and procurement strategy
• Negotiate and award contracts (generate savings, mitigate potential price/cost increases, and generate value added supplier support)
• Establish performance expectations, and monitor supplier performance
• Cost management: analyzing costs, identifying cost saving opportunities, maintain pricing reports, conduct data analysis, update contract pricing on SAP
• Risk management, address supply disruptions, identify risks, and implement mitigation measures
• Manage contract lifecycle (expiration, renewals, amendments, terminations, etc.)
• Generate synergies by collaborating across Weyerhaeuser divisions
• Compliance with all procurement procedures, relevant laws, regulations and Weyerhaeuser policies.
• Monitoring market prices related to commodities embedded in managed categories
• Communicate timely relevant updates with numerous stakeholders across the company
• Pursue continuous process improvement on managed categories, and other processes
• Create multiyear forward looking category strategies for spend under management
• Create, maintain, and/or contribute to various procurement and materials management procedures, whether relevant to managed categories or as contributor to broader efforts
• Collaborate with the Procurement team, and numerous multi-functional stakeholders across the United States and Canada
• Serve as a subject matter expert regarding market prices, procurement processes, contractual expectations, and other workflows related to MRO and managed categories
• Plan, develop, and provide structured training sessions in support of Procurement of MRO, performance metrics, and Reliability’s goals
• Support cost reduction efforts across the businesses and various plant locations
• Mentor procurement succession planning candidates

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, business administration, or related field. Or equivalent work experience (i.e., 8+ years of procurement experience in heavy industry manufacturing setting)
• 5+ years in strategic sourcing managing multimillion-dollar (min $20 Million) categories spanning multiple facilities
• Proven ability to effectively negotiate multimillion dollar contracts
• Proven ability to consistently generate cost savings and mitigate price increases
• Proven experience in collaborating and influencing cross-functional teams
• Experience working within or leading a decentralized team
• Proven ability to create category strategies with a variety of methods to obtain optimal outcomes
• Ability to relate to and communicate with senior leaders as well as hourly associates
• High level of proficiency with Microsoft Office suite (Excel, Word, Outlook, Power Point, etc.)
• Experience with forecasting price trends and reporting to a broader internal audience
• Experience exporting ERP system and other reports and use analytics to support decisions
• Preferred Qualifications:
• Master’s Degree in Procurement & Supply Chian Management, or related field of study
• 5+ years of MRO procurement experience with power transmission, mobile equipment and tires
• Strong negotiation and contract writing skills
• Professional procurement accreditation (CPM, APICS, or equivalent)
• Continuous process improvement experience (i.e., TQM, Lean, 6 Sigma, PDCA, Kaizen, ISO, etc.)
• Experience in conflict management and resolution
• Experience in wood products industry
• Experience working with SAP ECC or S/4 ERP systems, particularly with MM module.

• Manage multimillion spend categories primarily related to (but not limited to): Maintenance, repair & operations (MRO) (power transmission, bearings, belts, electric motors, conveyor chains, gear boxes, cylinders, etc.), Mobile Equipment, respective spare parts, and associated reliability initiatives (forklifts, log-stackers, wheel loaders, engines, transmissions, grapples, chargers, battery packs, tires, etc.), various small Capital Projects, and other assigned categories. Including:
• Solicit RFx and conduct sourcing events
• Draft contracts in support of business requirements and procurement strategy
• Negotiate and award contracts (generate savings, mitigate potential price/cost increases, and generate value added supplier support)
• Establish performance expectations, and monitor supplier performance
• Cost management: analyzing costs, identifying cost saving opportunities, maintain pricing reports, conduct data analysis, update contract pricing on SAP
• Risk management, address supply disruptions, identify risks, and implement mitigation measures
• Manage contract lifecycle (expiration, renewals, amendments, terminations, etc.)
• Generate synergies by collaborating across Weyerhaeuser divisions
• Compliance with all procurement procedures, relevant laws, regulations and Weyerhaeuser policies.
• Monitoring market prices related to commodities embedded in managed categories
• Communicate timely relevant updates with numerous stakeholders across the company
• Pursue continuous process improvement on managed categories, and other processes
• Create multiyear forward looking category strategies for spend under management
• Create, maintain, and/or contribute to various procurement and materials management procedures, whether relevant to managed categories or as contributor to broader efforts
• Collaborate with the Procurement team, and numerous multi-functional stakeholders across the United States and Canada
• Serve as a subject matter expert regarding market prices, procurement processes, contractual expectations, and other workflows related to MRO and managed categories
• Plan, develop, and provide structured training sessions in support of Procurement of MRO, performance metrics, and Reliability’s goals
• Support cost reduction efforts across the businesses and various plant locations
• Mentor procurement succession planning candidate